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Brush faces uphill battle in state tournament

By Brandon Boles

Fort Morgan Times

Posted:
02/25/2018 12:17:14 PM MST

Brush senior Ben Brown (2) goes up for a floater in the paint against the Valley Vikings in the Patriot League tournament on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 at the Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley. (Brandon Boles / Fort Morgan Times)

The Brush Beetdiggers finished their regular season on Friday in the Patriot League tournament. Two days later, they learned their postseason fate for the 3A state tournament.

The Colorado High School Activities Association released the 3A boys and girls state brackets Sunday morning. Brush qualified in both tournaments but will enter as lower seeds in the 32-team field.

In the boys tournament, Brush (14-9) was given the No. 26 seed and will travel nearly seven hours away to face the No. 7 seed Bayfield Wolverines (14-7) at Bayfield High School. Also traveling to Bayfield for first round and Sweet 16 games will be the No. 10 seed Resurrection Christian Cougars (16-6) and the No. 23 seed The Academy Wildcats (16-6).

Brush returns to the 3A state tournament after missing out the last two seasons. In their last appearance in the state tournament, the Beetdiggers got two wins as the No. 22 seed and advanced to the Great 8.

In the girls bracket, Brush (13-10),was given one of the final seeds and will play as the No. 29 seed in the field. They will travel to Colorado Springs to take on the No. 4 seed Colorado Springs Christian Lions (19-3) in the first round on Friday. The other two teams making up the region in Colorado Springs are the No. 13 seed Eaton Reds (17-5) and the No. 20 seed St. Mary's Academy Wildcats (13-9).

The Beetdiggers make it to the state tournament for the second straight season. Their run in last year's state tournament saw them lose to the Manitou Springs Mustangs in the first round.

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Start times for games on Friday will be announced soon. The 3A state tournament begins Friday with first round games and Saturday with the Sweet 16. The field will be reduced to eight teams and play at the University of Denver the following week.

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